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Immortal Beloved: Krishna and Rādhā Exchanging Clothes (ca. 1700–1900)
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Emotion & Expression, Love & Lust, Religion, Myth & Legend

Immortal Beloved: Krishna and Rādhā Exchanging Clothes (ca. 1700–1900)

Anatomy Unzipped: John of Arderne’s Sweden Scroll (ca. 1425–35)
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Death, Science & Medicine

Anatomy Unzipped: John of Arderne’s Sweden Scroll (ca. 1425–35)

In Company Style: Illustrations from James Skinner’s *Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām* (1825)
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Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

In Company Style: Illustrations from James Skinner’s Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām (1825)

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)
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Customs & Culture, Technology, War

The Art of Kite Flying (1430–1929)

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s *Histoires Prodigieuses* (1559)
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Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)

Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for *Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle* (ca. 1485)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)

Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer *Maqāmāt* (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
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Stories, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Humour & Satire, Religion, Myth & Legend

Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

The Cat’s *Maew*: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Wisdom

The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)

Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
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Customs & Culture, Fashion, People

Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)
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Natural World

Master of Claude de France’s Book of Flower Studies (ca. 1510–1515)

Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
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Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)

*Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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Drugs, Design & Typography, Food

Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)

Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

Behold the Nebulous Smear:
‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s *Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars* (ca. 1430)
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Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430)

Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of *Utsuro-bune*
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Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Technology, Strange Phenomena

Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
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Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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Customs & Culture, Politics, War

Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of *De Proprietatibus Rerum* (ca. 1480)
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Maps, Travel & Exploration

Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

Alexander in the Bathysphere
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Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

Alexander in the Bathysphere

The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)
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Religion, Myth & Legend

The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)

Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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Customs & Culture, Sport & Exercise

Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

*Clavis Artis* by “Zoroaster”
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Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

Clavis Artis by “Zoroaster”

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